Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of chronic disease patients in Bojanala towards COVID-19.

IF 1.2 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

South African Family Practice Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI:10.4102/safp.v65i1.5763

Beya Mpinda, Cila Dominique Kabongo, Jean Louis Mata Yoko, John Tumbo

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Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease. Its morbidity and mortality in patients with comorbidities have been established. This study evaluated the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding COVID-19 of patients with comorbidities attending primary health care services.

Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted, with data collected from patients using a self-administered questionnaire. Knowledge, attitude and practice scores were calculated. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were used, and the level of significance was set at 5%.

Results: This study enrolled 469 participants aged 18-84 years, and the majority were women. The mean knowledge score was 7.09 ± 1.73 out of 9, the mean attitude score was 2.33 ± 0.86 out of 3, and the mean practices score was 3.79 ± 0.56 out of 4. There was a positive linear relationship between knowledge and attitude scores and between attitude and practices scores; as one score increased, the other also increased significantly.

Conclusion: The level of knowledge was good in general, with optimistic attitudes and good practices by the patients. Those aged 70 years and above need special attention because older persons have poorer knowledge of and practices towards COVID-19, which could lead to higher hospitalisation and mortality rates.Contribution: This study found that patients with chronic diseases had good COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices, while interventions targeting patients aged 70 years and above are needed to improve their COVID-19 awareness and practices.

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博贾纳拉慢性病患者对新冠肺炎的知识、态度和实践。

背景：新冠肺炎是一种急性呼吸道疾病。它在合并症患者中的发病率和死亡率已经确定。本研究评估了参加初级卫生保健服务的合并症患者对新冠肺炎的知识、态度和实践。方法：采用横断面分析研究，采用自填问卷从患者身上收集数据。计算知识、态度和实践得分。采用描述性和推断性统计分析，显著性水平设定为5%。结果：本研究招募了469名18-84岁的参与者，其中大多数是女性。平均知识得分为7.09±1.73（满分9），平均态度得分为2.33±0.86（满分3），平均实践得分为3.79±0.56（满分4）。知识与态度得分、态度与实践得分呈正线性关系；随着一个分数的增加，另一个分数也显著增加。结论：患者总体知识水平良好，态度乐观，实践良好。70岁及以上的人需要特别关注，因为老年人对新冠肺炎的了解和实践较差，这可能导致更高的住院率和死亡率。贡献：这项研究发现，慢性病患者具有良好的新冠肺炎知识、态度和实践，而需要针对70岁及以上患者的干预措施来提高他们的新冠肺炎意识和实践。

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South African Family Practice MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

CiteScore

1.50

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： South African Family Practice (SAFP) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which strives to provide primary care physicians and researchers with a broad range of scholarly work in the disciplines of Family Medicine, Primary Health Care, Rural Medicine, District Health and other related fields. SAFP publishes original research, clinical reviews, and pertinent commentary that advance the knowledge base of these disciplines. The content of SAFP is designed to reflect and support further development of the broad basis of these disciplines through original research and critical review of evidence in important clinical areas; as well as to provide practitioners with continuing professional development material.